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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (MIT) 8.323, Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I, is a one-term self-contained subject in quantum field theory. Concepts and basic techniques are developed through applications in elementary particle physics, and condensed matter physics.Author(s): Guth, Alan

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Mac10 Young Alumni: Two Minute Tips video series (Melissa McQueen) Alumna Melissa McQueen '04 has bounced around different jobs in her early career - she's worked in libraries and partied with P.Diddy - and she doesn't regret a minute of it. Today, Melissa is the executive director of a professional association and she has great advice to share.
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The World Wide Web contains millions of web pages. Many of these pages are impossible to read, even though many existing web pages will reference them: your browser will usually return with some message such as ‘Error 404 Page not Found’ when you try to access them. Error 404 is a standard message returned by web servers when a non-existent page is accessed. It is also the telephone area code for Atlanta in the United States; you will occasionally hear technical staff referring to non-exi

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6.7 Sleep, the brain and hibernation Hibernation is an ingenious adaptation that some animals employ to survive difficult conditions in winter. This unit examines the differences between hibernation and torpor, and discusses the characteristic signs of hibernation behaviour. It explores the triggers that bring on hibernation, and whether internal signals or external season cues are predominant. It also examines the physiological adaptations that occur in hibernating animals. This unit builds on and develops ideas introduced in the Author(s): The Open University

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Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both come out in favor in "free" public colleges and universities. The scheme could be funded, as CNN describes it, by "drastic increase in federal spending on higher education."

Much of the rhetoric around swirling around this issue relies on the idea that government spending on higher education in the United States is significantly lower than most other wealthy countries.

Enlightenment ideas on art and the creative process were deeply influenced by the contemporary veneration for reason, empiricism and the classics. The business of the artist was conceived of as the imitation of nature, and as far as high art was concerned, this process of imitation should be informed by an intelligent grasp of the processes used to produce classical art. The ancients and their art were seen as models in the judicious selection of the most beautiful elements observed in nature

ChoiceBoard-Creator App for iPad 'ChoiceBoard Creator is the updated version of its predecessor ChoiceBoard Maker. It is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards. It is an excellent tool to train and prepare users for more sophisticated communication devices via an easy, simple-to-use choice-making platform. The possibilities are liAuthor(s): No creator set

Portugal em linha This website is a community website attempting to create cohesion among the more than twohundred million speakers of Portuguese, and it achieves its aim by providing opportunities for interaction. It also introduces contemporary arts and artists, contemporary and classical writing, it directs the readers to online Brazilian papers and online English language newspapers published outside Brazil. This site has been acknowledged as the main instrument of populiarising the language, and it is a parAuthor(s): No creator set

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Journal of public economics The Journal of Public Economics is a peer reviewed academic journal in the field of economics. It aims to encourage original scientific contributions on the problems of public economics, with particular emphasis on the application of modern economic theory and methods of quantitative analysis. It provides a forum for discussion of public policy of interest to an international readership. Users should check to see whether their institution has a subscription to the journal.Author(s): No creator set

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Accelerate Europe: the geographical imaginaries of accelerationism [Audio] Speaker(s): Dr Benjamin Noys | How can we imagine a way out of the stasis of a Europe mired in financial crisis? The proponents of ‘accelerationism’ argue the need to embrace forces of abstraction and technology that can escape ‘old’ Europe. In this talk, Benjamin Noys will critically explore these alternative geographical imaginaries as attempts to come to terms with the ‘uneven’ forms of capital within Europe. Benjamin Noys is Reader in English at the University of Chichester.Author(s): No creator set

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University Alliance The University Alliance is a representative body - sometimes called a mission group - of 22 UK universities that claim to be "actively business-focussed" and together educate about a quarter of UK students. Through evidence-based policy and research, the Alliance aims to improve policy-making in higher education to the benefit of the UK economy and society. The Alliance seeks to represent the wider interests of its universities with Government, the broader policy-making environment and nationalAuthor(s): No creator set

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TEAN (Teacher Educator Advancement Network) TEAN (Teacher Educator Advancement Network) is a group at the University of Cumbria that seeks to support teacher education providers and associated organisations across the UK. The website includes links to relevant documents, a diary of events, links to related websites, a journal and more about the work of TEAN. Topics covered include: research in teacher education, assessment, teaching as a Masters profession and teacher qualifications.Author(s): No creator set